<p>environmental science major, is CALS that much better than Oberlin? Not a NYS resident.</p>
<p>Cornell and Oberlin are both excellent schools but extremely different from one another.</p>
<p>I don’t have the knowledge to compare programs in your intended major, but provided that both schools have acceptable programs in the major you’re looking for, you may want to think about whether you prefer a small campus or a large one, the East or the Midwest, the availability of Greek life at Cornell versus its absence at Oberlin, and other factors besides opportunities in your major. </p>
<p>Visits to both schools might be helpful.</p>
<p>If you think you like CALS, since you’d be stuck for OOS tuition and fees there, you should take a long hard look at your own home-state ag/tech universities. Many of them would offer your major.</p>